The U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol
You’ve heard the stat before; more than 9 billion people will inhabit the earth by 2050. Farmers must be sustainable in order to meet this…
Our harvest went really well
Now, that harvest is over, we’ve been cutting a little brush and working on taxes and getting things ready for the meeting season. Our harvest…
Harvest was a little challenging this year
Harvest was a little challenging this year because it started raining once harvest began. With the large crop we had this year, the elevator had…
Catching Up on Paperwork
Although I’m catching up on paperwork this week, the men on the farm are weaning, vaccinating and worming calves. We’ve also been working in the…
Saving the Soil for the Future
If you walk through the fields on Laura and Bill Foell’s corn and soybean farm in Iowa in the spring, you might notice seedlings poking…
Snow Left Moist Start for Week
This week Jared Hagert is still harvesting his soybean crop, with a little more than one thousand acres left to go. It’s been wet in…
Making Sustainability A Family Affair
Richard Jameson has made a home for himself on the cutting edge of sustainable farming. He’s always collecting data to make his operation more efficient,…